Year 8 students make
a PACT against crime
On Wednesday 26th September, Year 8 students had an all‐
day workshop with the Partners Against Crime Taskforce
explaining the criminal justice system and how it works.
The workshops involved people
from all aspects of the criminal
justice system, including
m a g i s t r a t e s ,
prison officers
and a prisoner
from Norwich
prison. The
project, which
has run in nine
other Norfolk
schools, was a
great success
and taught the students how to
avoid getting into trouble with
the law as well as how to avoid
becoming a victim of crime. The
day involved PC Jessop and other
members of the Police Service
and students also heard
members of the Fire Service
discuss issues around arson. In
addition, students had a

demonstration of resuscitation
techniques by the local Red
Cross. The students were most
shocked about
the conditions in
prison, told to
them by a
serving prisoner.
He
described
what life was
like for inmates.
“The day was a
great success
and the students learned a huge
amount about the workings of
our criminal justice system,” said
Assistant Head, Ms Atherton.
“There is always a lot to think
about on these days and we are
very grateful to all the people
from all the different
organisation who came in to
help our students.”

Library celebrates National
Poetry Day
Thursday 4th October was
National Poetry Day and to
celebrate, the school library held
a lunchtime poetry reading. This
year, the day had the theme of
‘stars’ so many of the poems
were either about stars in the
sky or stars on our TV. Several
staff joined the students to read
out their poems. Some were

Aspiring

written by students themselves
whilst others were by well‐
known and not‐so‐well‐known
poets. One student even read
out a poem in Russian. The
event was a great success and
with chocolates thrown in,
everyone agreed that it had
been a fantastic celebration of
poetry and poets.

Achieving

Advancing

‘Events’
We like to celebrate the
successes of our students and
one way in which we are doing
this is by recording ‘events’ on
our computer system.
Whenever a student shows
greatly improved performance,
makes great effort in a lesson or
displays excellent behaviour for
learning teachers record this.
Students will be told that their
teacher has recorded an ‘event’
and this can be seen by any
other teacher in school,
particularly the Form Tutor.
However, parents who have
access to e‐portal can also see
these ‘events’ under the events
section of e‐portal. Please do
take the time to look at your
son’s or daughter’s page and
congratulate them for any
‘events’ that they achieve. If
you do not have access to e‐
portal but would like access,
please contact the School Office
who will be able to send you the
appropriate forms. Students are
doing very well with ‘events’ so
far, well done to all.

Author visit
On Thursday 11th October,
Andy Briggs, an author, will be
visiting the school during Period
5. He will be giving a talk to
Year 8 students about his
writing and sign some of his
books. Letters have been sent
to parents about this visit.

Theatre Club launched
The school has launched a
Theatre Club for students of all
ages. We will be taking groups
of students to see matinée
performances of shows at The
Theatre Royal on Wednesday
afternoons.
The
first
three shows
are already
available to
book. The
Ladykillers is
a
classic
b l a c k
comedy and
tells the story of a little old lady
pitted against a gang of
criminals. This will be on
Wednesday 6th March and
tickets cost £8.00. Our second
show is Starlight Express, a
musical by Andrew Lloyd

Webber, and
f e a t u r e s
a m a z i n g
choreography
and actors on
roller skates. This is on
Wednesday 17th April and costs
£19.50. Finally, the longest
running whodunnit, The
Mousetrap, comes to Norwich
on Wednesday 24th April and
will cost £10.00. Further
information is available from the
school shop and tickets are
limited so if your son or
daughter
would like
to go to
one
of
t h e s e
s h o w s
they need
to act fast.

In the news this week was a
report that said, in too many
schools, Physics is dominated by
boys. However, this is not the
case here at The Hewett. In the
Sixth Form, half of the students
taking Physics are boys and half
are girls. Following the
publication of the report, Prof.
Dame Athene Margaret Donald,
a distinguished physicist,
contacted the school to say , “It
is excellent to hear the success
your school is having with girls
in Physics.”

Year 7 settling in
evening cancelled
The Year 7 settling in evening
due to take place on Wednesday
10th October has been
cancelled as we have decided to
find a better way of doing this.
However, if you do have any
concerns about your son or
daughter, please do get in touch
in the usual way.

Calendar
8th ‐ 12th October is Week 2
Sunday 7th October
Angelis: Walter Roy
Theatre £8, Tickets
available on the door
Wednesday 10th October
Hewett Bake Off
Wednesday 17th October
Dance Show
Thursday 18th October
Sixth Form Open Evening
School closes at 1:20
Tuesday 23rd October
Year 11 PTI
Friday 26th October
Last day of Half Term
Monday 5th November
Back to school

Email:
office@hewett.norfolk.sch.uk
Phone:
(01603) 628181
If your child is ill and has to miss
a day of school, it is really
important that you let us know
on the day by phoning our
attendance hotline number.